Device for supporting containers on wall structures



E. H. WEST, JR

Get. 9, 1956 DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING CONTAINERS 0N WALL STRUCTURES Filed June 15, 1953 Ear/e H. Wesf, L/l.

INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY nited States Patent DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING CONTAINERS ON WALL STRUCTURES Earle H. West, Jr., Bellaire, Tex.

Application. June 15, 1953, Serial N 361,594

1 Claim. (Cl. 118-505) This invention relates to a device for supporting containers on wall structures, and more particularly to a holder for paint buckets and the like which is adapted to be carried by a wall having overlapping elements.

The invention is especially useful in connection with the application of coating materials, such as paint, stain, or the like, to the surfaces of wall structures which are covered with shingles, shakes or other overlapping elements.

An important object of the invention is the provision of a container support having means which is cooperable with overlapping elements of a structure to be coated to hold a container, such as a paint bucket on the wall in a convenient location for use in applying the coating material to the wall.

Another object of the invention is to provide a container support of the kind referred to which has means thereon positioned to catch excess coating material which may drip from the surface being coated and return the same to the container.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a container support of the type referred to which is adjustable to accommodate containers of various sizes and having means for clamping such containers inplace thereon.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a container support for application to a wall structure to support a container thereon and which has meansengageable with the wall to brace the support against horizontal shifting movement.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following detailed description of the same when taken in conjunction with the annexed drawings wherein- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the invention illustrat ing the same in position on a wall which is to be coated;

Figure 2 is a vertical, central cross-sectional view of the invention as shown in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary cross-sectional view, on a somewhat enlarged scale, taken along the line. 3-3 of Figure 2, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows;

Figure 4 is a fragmentary cross-sectional view, on an enlarged scale, taken along line 44 of Figure 1;

Figure 5 is a fragmentary cross-sectional view on an enlarged scale, taken along line 55 of Figure 1, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows.

Referring now to the drawings in greater detail the supporting device of the invention includes a bracket-like structure made up of a horizontally extending portion, formed of slideably interfitting members and 12, respectively, and a vertically extending member 14, which has a slideably interfitting connection with the horizontal portion. In the present illustration the members 10, 12 and 14 are of channel shape, and may be formed of sheet metal, or the like, but it will be understood that these members may be made in other suitable shapes, and of any suitable material having the requisite physical prop- 2. erties to impart the necessary strength and rigidity to the device.

The members 10 and 12 are disposed in interfitting relation, for longitudinal sliding movement relative to each other, whereby the length of the horizontal portion of the support may be adjusted as desired, and the members may be provided with registering slots, or the like, in their overlapping portions, through which suitable fastening means such as a bolt 16, provided with a wing nut 18 may extend, whereby the members are adjustably secured together.

At its outer end the member 10 is preferably provided with an upwardly extending projection 20, for a purpose to be made apparent. The member 12 is provided at its outer end with an upwardly and inwardly directed portion 22, which terminates in a vertically extending portion 24, slideably disposed within the lower end of the vertical member 14. Theportion 24' of the member 12 and the vertical member 14, may be provided with registering slots, or the like, through which suitable fastening means, such as the bolt 26 may extend, which bolt is provided with a wing nut 28, or the like, whereby the members 12 and 14 areadjustably secured together. A pointed spike 30 is provided at the outer end of the member 12, which may be formed from the material of the member, or attached thereto, with its point directed outwardly and downwardly from the end of the member.

The upper end portion 32 of the vertically disposed member 14 is preferabl'ybent outwardly in overlying relation to the portion 22 of the member 12, and is provided at its upper extremity with a removable pointed element 34, having an upwardly directed point 36, and which is preferably formed of fiat, resilient material, such as spring steel. The pointed element 34 may be curved in the manner indicated in Figures 2 and 5, to permit its point to extend beneath the lower edge of a wall covering element into engagement with the inner surface of the same, as best shown in Figure 2.

The supporting device has a wall engaging brace member 38, removably attached to the upper end' of the member 14-, and extending at right angles to the length thereof, which brace member may conveniently be of generally channel shape having its flanges flared outwardly, and provided with a central opening through its web, through which a bolt 40 may extend, which bolt also passes through suitable openings in the pointed element 34 and the upright member 14, and is provided with a wing nut 42, for securing these parts together.

An apron or drip shield 44 is removably carried by the brace member 38' and has a centrally disposed portion 45, which is bent forwardly and downwardly along its top margin and is provided with rearwardly and downwardly bent top marginal portions 46, 46, which are engageable over the upper flange of the wall engaging brace member 38, whereby the drip shield is removably attached to the brace. The drip shield is also provided with upwardly bent lower marginal portions 48, 48, which are spaced apart at the mid portion of the shield.

Oppositely extending troughs 5t), 50, are also provided, whose inner ends are formed with overturned portions 52, extending along the upper edges of the trough, in position for engagement over the upper margin of the drip shield 44. The inner end portions of the troughs 5t), 50 extend beneath the down turned portion 45 of the drip shield, and the down turned upper marginal portions 52 of the troughs are engagcable over the upper edge of the drip shield, as best seen in Figure 1 of the drawings, whereby the troughs are securely maintained in position on the drip shield. The troughs 50 are wider at their inner ends than at their outer ends and are shaped to fit within the V-shape bottom marginal portions of the drip shield, formed by the portions 48 thereof, when the overturned portions 52 of the trough are positioned over the upper edge of the drip shield, so that the troughs will be securely held in position on the drip shield, and will extend outwardly therefrom in position to catch excess material which may drip from the surface being coated.

Clamping means, such as the clip 56, is movably attached to the upright member 14, for slideable adjustment vertically thereon, which clamp means is engageable over the upper edge of a suitable receptacle, such as a paint bucket, indicated at T, which bucket may be seated on the horizontally extending portion of the support.

The invention, constructed as described above, may be used with or Without the drip shield, and with or without the drip troughs 50, depending upon the particular conditions under which the coatingor painting operation is carried out.

In making use of the invention the member is extended a suitable distance by loosening the wing nut 18, so that the paint bucket c may be positioned on the horizontal portion of the support with the upwardly extending projection in engagement with the outside of the bucket. The wing nut 18 may then be tightened to securely maintain the parts in this position of adjustment. After the paint bucket has been seated on the horizontal portion of the support, the clamping member 56 may be moved on the upright member 14, to position its lower end within the top of the bucket in clamping engagement with the upper edge of the bucket, to hold the bucket in position on the support. In the event that a taller or shorter bucket is to be supported on the device, the upright member 14 may be raised or lowered relative to the member 12, by loosening the wing nut 18, and again tightening the same after such adjustment has been made. In this manner the device may be adjusted to accommodate a receptacle of any suitable size which is to be positioned adjacent the surface of a wall which is to be coated.

With the bucket in position on the support, as described above, the support may be positioned on the wall by extending the pointed member 34 beneath the lower edge of an upper covering element S, such as a shingle, or other wall covering element, with the point 36 of this member engaging the under side of the element, and the support may then be allowed to move to a position in which the point of the spike penetrates the outer surface of a lower shingle for covering element T, whereby downward shifting of the support on the wall is prevented.

In the event that the drip shield 44 is to be employed with the support the shield may be placed in position over the wall engaging brace 38, in the manner previously described, whereupon the upper edge of the drip shield will underlie the lower edge of the wall covering element S when the support is placed in position on the wall, as best seen in Figure 2 of the drawings. When so positioned the drip shield will catch excess coating material which drips from the shingle or covering element S and will return the same to the paint bucket.

Should it be desired to apply the coating material over a relatively large surface, and to return any material dripping therefrom to the paint bucket, the trough members 50 may be attached to the drip shield in the manner described above, so that the upper edge of the drip shield and the edges of the trough which form continuations thereof will underlie thelower edges of upper wall covering elements, throughout a substantial length, and excess coating materials dripping from such elements will flow inwardly along the troughs to the drip shield to be returned to the paint bucket.

It will be apparent that the supporting device may be readily disassembled by removing the troughs S0 and the drip shield 44, and detaching the wall engaging brace 38 and the support members 10, 12 and 14 from each cther, whereupon the parts may be assembled into a very compact bundle for purposes of storage or transportation.

When the support is in position on the wall the wall engaging brace extends outwardly from the upper end of the upright member 14, to engage the wall at each side of said member, whereby lateral swinging member of the support is prevented, so that the bucket will be held firmly in position for the convenient application of the coating material to the wall. I

It will thus be seen that the invention, as described above provides a receptacle support which is of simple design and rugged construction, and which is readily applied to and removed from a wall structure to support a receptacle adjacent a surface to be coated, whereby the receptacle is maintained in a convenient position for use, and may be rapidly moved to a new location when desired, thus greatly speeding up the coating operation, and substantially reducing the labor involved therein.

While the invention has been disclosed in connection with a certain specific embodiment of the same it will be understood that this is intended by way of illustration only, and that numerous changes can be made in the construction and arrangement of the various parts without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the appended claim. I

Having thus clearly shown and described the invention, what is claimed as new and desired to secure by Letters Patent is: I I

A device for supporting a receptacle on a wall of the type having overlapping covering elements each of said elements having a lower horizontally disposed edge portion overlying'the next lower element, said device comprising, a frame, means on the frame engageable with a lower one of said elements to support the frame against downward movement relative to the wall, means on the frame engageable beneath the lower edge portion of an upper one of said elements to resist movementof said frame away from the wall, said frame having a portion extending outwardly from the wall in position to supportingly engage a receptacle, and trough means on the frame positioned to underlie said lower edge portion of said upper one of said elements in position toreccive excess coating material from said upper one of said elements and return said material to said receptacle.

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